Black Fist
Chapter 1: The Case of the Dapper Demon
"Greetings fellow n'er do-wells!" a raspy Cockney-accented voice belonging to a sharp-dressed grey-skinned monstrosity said to the camera. "Tis I, Black Hat, here with my latest device the Super Armor." He turned to speak with someone offscreen. "Dr. Flug, where are you with that armor?" he called out to a man wearing a paper bag over his head and a sleek suit of metal power armor walking into frame. "I'm right here Master Black Hat sir." the doctor stated. "Ready with the Super Armor."
"Anyway, this is the strongest powered armor of its kind, able to inflict all the damage taken and give it back in the most painful way possible." Black Hat explained. "Dementia, get over here!" Suddenly, a young woman with red-green hair wearing a karate outfit and lizard hood backflipped into view. "I'm so excited!" Dementia exclaimed taking a battle stance. "Now then, let's begin." Black Hat announced.
Dementia began going all out against Dr. Flug, much to his displeasure. "Couldn't you put on the Super Armor sir?!" he exclaimed as he took more damage. "Ah, but I thought you could be a perfect candidate." his boss stated as all the hits finally took their toll before the armor suddenly turned red. "See what I mean, it can give back all the damage taken to the armor's user incredibly painfully."
The Super Armor made Flug punch Dementia across the room with all its might as a nearby phone suddenly rang. "I GOT IT!" Black Hat shouted charging towards the phone before it was picked up by a blue bear with a flower growing on its head. "Aroo?" the bear said. "5.0.5, give that to me!" Black Hat demanded before 5.0.5 handed the receiver to him. "Who is this?"
"I am Speed o'Sound Sonic of Z-City, and I'd like to place an order for that Super Armor." the person on the other end said, which brought a big teal-colored smile to Black Hat's face. "Pack your bags everyone, we're headed to Z-City!" the demon proudly proclaimed. "Yes it's very good that we got an order for one of our devices," Dr. Flug said. "but how do I take this off?"
It was another average day in Z-City, the sun was shining, the birds were singing, a giant lizard monster was rampaging-wait, what?!
Yes indeed, a giant lizard creature was wreaking havoc causing the civilians to run and panic, all except for two. One man was bald & wore a simple yellow costume with red gloves and a white cape while the other was a blond cyborg. They were Saitama and Genos.
"This beast has already rendered 20% of Z-City uninhabitable and if we don't stop it, it will contaminate all of the other cities." Genos explained as they examined the carnage. "At least it's not as terrible as that one guy who stole forty cakes." Saitama added. "Alright sensei, here is the plan." the bald man's cyborg companion began. "I shall divert its attention while you sneak up from behind and obliterate him."
"Okay then, let's do it." Saitama replied as he ran off while Genos glared at the beast. "Hey you monstrosity, over here!" he shouted which caught the monster's attention. "How about you try this on for size?!" He pushed his fists together as various cannons sprouted from them. "INCINERATE!"
Heat lasers fired from his arm cannons as the beast fired back with a blast of pure plasma coming from its mouth. The two energy beams struggled arduously until its head was reducing to dozens of meaty chunks by a single punch from Saitama. The monster's remains toppled over crushing a few buildings and cars when it collided with the ground. "MY CAR!" an unfortunate civilian cried out.
"Looks like we did it." Saitama said with pride. "Where do you think we should celebrate? Maybe at the ramen place we usually go to. I hear they're having a special to celebrate the end of summer." Suddenly, a voice cried out for all to hear. "SAITAMA!" a male figure roared at the top of his lungs. "I HAVE COME TO END OUR FEUD ONCE AND FOR ALL!" The figure jumped down onto the street revealing himself to be a slim young man with feminine facial features and black hair tied into a topknot. He was clad in a form-fitting suit of silver armor with red highlights and a black symbol on the shoulder.
"Oh hey, you're that ninja guy." Saitama said trying to remember his name. "What was your name again? Uh, Bleeding Bounds Borat? Jack of Hearts Jimmy? Devil Dice Diaz?" Just then, he was interrupted by the ninja. "My name is Speed o'Sound Sonic, and today will be the last day you'll ever remember!" his opponent screamed unsheathing his sword and striking Saitama. "Whoa, that was actually pretty good." the caped baldy exclaimed before clenching his fist. "But I'm still gonna have to punch you."
Saitama punched the ninja across the street and just when he thought it was all over, he got back up. "That's what you think." Sonic cackled sporting a recognizable childish grin as the red on his armor glowed. "Sensei, I think we should get out of here." Genos recommended as he turned about-face preparing to run. "Are you all right there?"
"THIS IS WHERE WE END THIS SAITAMA!" Sonic screamed as he charged at the caped baldy. "SUPER SLASH!" He flung his sword at Saitama's chest, leaving quite a scar. "Oof, that's gotta sting!" he groaned reeling from the attack. "You'll be fine sensei, I shall handle this." Genos stated preparing another laser blast from his hand, knocking Sonic down for the count. "Now tell us, where did you find this armor?" he interrogated the ninja while holding him by the neck. "I will never tell cyborg!" Sonic snapped back before Genos took notice of the black hat symbol on his shoulder. "That symbol, I've seen it before." the Demon Cyborg thought to himself before dropping Sonic to the ground.
"Come on sensei, let's go home." he said as Saitama got up. "We still up for ramen later?" his master responded walking back home with him. "Yes, but first I must tend to your wounds."
"Hold still Saitama." Genos ordered as he rubbed some antiseptic on Saitama's scar. "I'm trying to, but this kinda hurts. Where did you get this anyway?" Saitama said. "That's not important right now, but I have learned where Speed o'Sound acquired his armor." he said pulling out his phone and typing 'black hat' on it. "The creator of that device goes by the name of Black Hat, a supervillain who has been active since 2012, but has gone quiet for a while until earlier this year on May 15th." the cyborg explained as he showed his master a video of a dark-skinned humanoid and a man wearing a labcoat & a paper bag on his head.
"He doesn't look so bad, probably a Tiger level threat at best." Saitama said as the video continued. "He may not look like much, but he can be considered a Dragon or even God level threat." Genos responded. "I think the Hero Association should know about this."
"Right, but are we still getting ramen? I'm starving." the B-class hero wondered as he bandaged up the cut on his chest.
Meanwhile in another part of the city, Speed o'Sound Sonic leapt from building to building, his armor shining in the moonlight. He felt utterly joyous after finally defeating Saitama earlier that day and wanted to thank the mysterious figure that granted him this new power. Arriving at an abandoned warehouse, he knocked on the door before Dr. Flug opened it. "You must be Dr. Flug I presume." the ninja said. "Indeed I am sir." the paper professor replied nodding. "And you are?"
"I am Speed o'Sound Sonic, the owner of the Super Armor your boss gave me." Sonic stated. "Oh my goodness, you're him? Black Hat, the ninja is here!" As Flug called for his boss, Sonic walked further into the warehouse before he was suddenly pounced on by a woman with a crazy look on her face. "Hi there, I'm Dementia!" she greeted. "I can definitely see why you're called that." the armored warrior snarked before getting up continuing on until he reached the center of the building where a single light shined on a chair. "Ah, welcome satisfied customer." the figure sitting in the chair greeted as it turned around to reveal a grey-skinned humanoid dressed in a black suit & top hat stroking a blue bear on his lap.
"So, how was testing out the armor?" the individual asked getting up from his chair and walking towards Sonic. "It felt amazing, it was nothing like I've felt before!" the ninja said in joy. "By the way, I haven't got your name yet." he followed up. "Didn't you watch my ad boy? They call me Black Hat!" the demon barked. "Now anyways, since you're so eager to be called a great villain, how about you join me?"
"It's a deal." the wannabe ninja responded as he shook hands with the fine-clad demon, sparking a new day of destruction.
The next day at the Hero Association headquarters in A-City, all of the group's S class heroes had been assembled in a meeting room along with Saitama and Genos. There was Tatsumaki aka Tornado of Terror rank 2, Silver Fang aka Bang rank 3, Atomic Samurai rank 4, Child Emperor rank 5, King rank 7, Zombieman rank 8, Drive Knight rank 9, Pig God rank 10, Superalloy Darkshine rank 11, Watchdog Man rank 12, Flashy Flash rank 13, Tanktop Master rank 15, Metal Bat rank 16 and Puri-Puri Prisoner rank 17.
"Hey wait a minute, is Blast not coming again?" Tatsumaki asked pointing at an empty seat. "More importantly, where's Metal Knight?" Child Emperor added before a robot opened the door and walked in to take a seat before passing a note to the young genius.
"Good day everybody!" a middle-aged man with grey hair and a large nose greeted everyone as he walked into the room and took his seat. "Now, the reason why we're here today is that B-class hero Caped Baldy and S-class Demon Cyborg have learned of a new threat to our society." He turned on a hologram on the meeting table, which showed a hologram of Black Hat and his minions. "This is Black Hat, an A-class supervillain who's gone quiet for the past five years, but rumors sprung up about his return last autumn until he made himself known again eight months later."
"Yes, that is why I've requested Sitch to hold this meeting." Genos said. "Yesterday, Speed o'Sound Sonic purchased a suit of armor from Black Hat that granted him exceptional power and I fear this might spell trouble for us."
"Uh yeah, what he said. Can I get something to eat?" Saitama added as he was handed a cracker platter. "As I stated, everyone must be on their guard in case Black Hat were to ever appear in any of your cities." Sitch announced. "Dismissed!"
Everybody got up from their seats and left the meeting room, chatting amongst themselves along the way. "Bang, I always thought that Black Hat guy was just a fairytale but now he's real and targeting us?" Atomic Samurai said to Silver Fang. "Calm yourself Kamikaze, we should be on high alert like they said." the elderly martial artist replied. "I think I've faced Black Hat before but my memory may be a bit foggy." Superalloy Darkshine stated to Puri-Puri Prisoner. "Yes yes, but regardless of whether you've faced him that paper bag man is quite cute, is he not?" Puri-Puri replied, which Darkshine responded by nervously walking away from him.
"Yeah, that B-class baldy says there's this new villain in the area that we should beware." Tornado spoke to another person over the phone. "I think your Blizzard Bunch should man up as well sis." Just then, Saitama turned to find her. "Hey, you're that Esper chick. What was your name again, Taco-Makai?" he said. "Gotta go Fubuki, I'll call you back." she hung up and turned to the lower-ranked hero. "It's Tatsumaki, did you suddenly forget?!" she exclaimed floating up in his face with her psychic powers. "Sorry shorty, just a slip of the tongue." Saitama responded defensively. "Ugh, B-class." she groaned as she floated away. "I apologize for my master's mistake!" Genos called to her, but she was too far away to hear. "Nevermind, let's go Saitama."
Little did any of them know, Black Hat was spying on them through a nearby security camera, liking what he was hearing. "So there's more of them, I see." he grinned as he patiently watched the two heroes leave.
"Oh thank you for the help Mumen Rider, you are such a gentleman." an old lady thanked a hero of average height carrying a bike next to him as he helped her cross the street. "Just doing what's right madame. Have a nice day." Mumen Rider replied as he got on his bike and rode off. Today was an ordinary day for him, just wake up, help people in need, probably get beat up and go home. He felt the wind on his face as he zoomed around the streets looking for more people, sirens started blaring.
"ATTENTION EVERYONE, THIS IS A DEMON-LEVEL DISASTER WARNING!" an announcer exclaimed as civilians started panicking. "EVERYONE PLEASE STAY INDOORS AT ALL COST!"
"Sounds like danger is brewing." Rider said to himself as he dashed on his bike throughout the chaos until he came across a familiar bald head. "Saitama?" he exclaimed as the single-punching savior turned to face him. "Oh hey Mumen, been a while since we last saw each other." Saitama greeted him. "Basically, this new guy wants to take over the world and destroy us all."
"CITIZENS OF Z-CITY!" Black Hat announced as he appeared out of nowhere with Dr. Flug, Dementia, 5.0.5 and Speed o'Sound Sonic in tow. "I AM YOUR SOON TO BE NEW RULER, BLACK HAT! IF ANYONE DARE TO CHALLENGE ME, I WILL PERSONALLY END THEM!"
Just then, many heroes appeared from out of nowhere ready to fight, from the lowest ranked C-class all the way to S-class. "Your chicanery will go no further villain!" A-class rank 28 Spring Mustachio proclaimed stroking his namesake facial hair while unsheathing a sword. "You must be that Black Hat I've heard about." A-class rank 26 Golden Ball added while preparing his slingshot. "My sister told me to fight my hardest against you." B-class rank 1 Miss Hellish Blizzard aka Fubuki said as her team the Blizzard Bunch assembled behind her. "Ah, so many heroes in one spot." Black Hat smiled. "Attack."
"Is it really that hard, it's just five weirdos against five hundred-plus heroes." Saitama said before Sonic appeared behind him. "That's what you think!" the ninja exclaimed as he prepared to attack before he was shoved aside by Bang. "Do not doubt Black Hat Saitama!" he exclaimed before tussling with Dementia. "I fear there may be more to him than meets the eye!"
"Alright then, if you say so." Saitama said taking a fighting stance while legions of robot drones appeared to assist the villains. "Oh, he's got robots now. Sweet!" He began punching away at the androids, but they just kept multiplying to a point where he got tired of punching them. "There's so many of them, and all of them are way too strong even for my taste!" Suddenly he felt a serious feeling in his head as if somebody cut it. Turning around, he saw that ninja with a sadistic grin on his face and blood dripping on his blade. "I did it, I finally killed you!" he cackled, even more mad than usual.
"Hey, what's the big idea?" Saitama moaned as he started getting dizzy and everything started going to black. "Sensei, are you alright? Answer me!" Genos cried as he rushed to the caped baldy's side. "SENSEI?! SENSEEEEEIIIII!" The last thing Saitama saw was Black Hat vanishing and a demon-like figure taking his place before everything went to black.
"You think he's still alive?" a voice wondered a while later as Saitama slowly began to regain consciousness. "Look, he's waking up!" another voice cried. He was suddenly brought back to this world by a dog's licking, that dog being Watchdog Man. "Oh hey, you're awake." he said as Saitama got up, discovering that he was in a dark alleyway with not only the dog costume clad hero, but also Mumen Rider, Spring Mustachio, Golden Ball, Sneck and a young girl wearing a yellow hoodie. "Whoa, what happened?" he wondered rubbing his now bandaged up head. "Black Hat changed into something...hideous and went absolutely wild. Thankfully Watchdog and Rider were able to help some of the heroes escape, but we can't say the same for everyone else." Sneck explained. "So wait, does that mean like, everyone's gone, like Genos and the brat?" Saitama wondered. "Afraid so." the hoodie girl answered.
"Hey, I haven't see you before kid, what's your name?" Saitama asked her. "Oh yeah, I'm Yellow Hoodie, rank 390." she replied nervously pulling on some of her hair. "I actually know one of the heroes captured, I think she was called Miss Hellish Blizzard."
"Oh wait, I think Genos told me about a low ranking C-class hero he met on a train that had a bomb on it." Saitama stated before turning to Sneck. "So what do we do now?" he asked. "Now we try to locate Black Hat's lair and rescue the other heroes." Sneck replied looking out into the open. "Let's head to HQ in A-City and solve this mystery." With that, the remaining heroes went off on Mumen Rider's bike to the Hero Association headquarters. "Hang on Genos, we're coming!" Saitama exclaimed.
Meanwhile in a dark room, Genos was tied up in chains and positioned under a single light with Black Hat standing before him. "You will not get away with this!" the cyborg struggled in his bonds, utterly defiant. "As a matter of fact Demon Cyborg," Black Hat replied now holding a rotary blade as he neared his captive's neck with a evil smile on his face. "I already did."
Hello there everyone, my name is Dr. Flug of Black Hat Inc. Did you like that first chapter? Well the author plans on making this a shorter story than his other works so stay tuned for chapter 2: "The Search for the Missing Heroes!"
To the first King of the Monsters, Harou Nakajima
January 1, 1929-August 7, 2017